The 2016 Southeastern Conference men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee March 9–13, 2016.
This year's tournament involved only 13 of the league's 14 teams. On January 13, 2016, Missouri, then being investigated by the NCAA for rules violations that occurred under the tenure of former head coach Frank Haith, announced that it would not participate in any postseason play this season. As a result, the #11 seed in the tournament was awarded a first-round bye, leaving the #12 seed–#13 seed game as the only game to be played on March 9.
Seeds Seed School Conferencerecord Overallrecord Tiebreaker1Texas A&M‡†13–524–71–0 vs. Kentucky2Kentucky‡†13–523–80–1 vs. Texas A&M3South Carolina† 11–724–72–0 vs. LSU/Vanderbilt4LSU† 11–718–131–1 vs. South Carolina/Vanderbilt5Vanderbilt#11–719–120–2 vs. South Carolina/LSU6Georgia#10–817–122–0 vs. South Carolina7Ole Miss#10–820–110–1 vs. South Carolina8Florida#9–918–131–0 vs. Arkansas9Arkansas#9–916–150–1 vs. Florida10Alabama#8–1017–1311Mississippi State#7–1114–1612Tennessee6–1213–1813Auburn5–1311–19 ‡ – SEC regular season co-champions, and tournament No. 1 and No. 2 seeds.† – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament.# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.Overall records include all games played in the SEC Tournament.
Schedule Game Time* Matchup# Final score Television Attendance First round – Wednesday, March 917:00 pm#12 Tennessee vs. #13 Auburn97–59SEC Network9,787 Second round – Thursday, March 10212:00 pm#8 Florida vs. #9 Arkansas68–61 SEC Network 12,27032:30 pm#5 Vanderbilt vs. #12 Tennessee65–6746:00 pm#7 Ole Miss vs. #10 Alabama73–81 11,75058:30 pm#6 Georgia vs. #11 Mississippi State79–69 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11612:00 pm#1 Texas A&M vs. #8 Florida72–66 SEC Network 15,22272:30 pm#4 LSU vs. #12 Tennessee84–7586:00 pm#2 Kentucky vs. #10 Alabama85–59 18,04998:30 pm#3 South Carolina vs. #6 Georgia64–65 Semifinals – Saturday, March 121012:00 pm#1 Texas A&M vs #4 LSU71–38 ESPN 19,108112:30 pm#2 Kentucky vs #6 Georgia93–80 Championship – Sunday, March 131212:00 pm #1 Texas A&M vs #2 Kentucky77–82OT ESPN 19,613 *Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
* – denotes overtime period
See also 2016 SEC women's basketball tournament
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